20 injured as car drives into crowd in Germany

A car drove into a crowd in the southern German city of Munich on Thursday, leaving 20 people injured, police said.

Munich police said on social media platform X that "several people were injured" after "a car drove into a group of people" in the centre of the Bavarian state capital.

They said in a later update that "the driver of the vehicle has been detained and does not present a danger".

Local media reported that the car, a Mini Cooper, drove into a group of striking workers from the Verdi union and that ambulances had rushed to the scene.

Police say the incident took place on a main road close to Munich's historic city centre.

It comes a day before the city is due to host the high-profile Munich Security Conference.